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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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PSALM 147
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Praise the Lord for his power—His understanding is infinite—He sends his commandments, his word, his statutes, and his judgments unto Israel.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="ps/147/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 33: 1."><span class='smallcaps'>Praise</span></a> ye the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: for <i>it is</i> good to sing praises unto our God; for <i>it is</i> pleasant; <i>and </i>praise is comely.
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The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> doth build up Jerusalem: he <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/147/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 30: 3 (1-3).">gathereth</a> together the <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/147/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Matt. 24: 31.">outcasts</a> of Israel.
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He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
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He telleth the number of the <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/147/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Astronomy.">stars</a>; he calleth them all by <i>their</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/147/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 40: 26.">names</a>.
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Great <i>is</i> our Lord, and of great power: his <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/147/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Omniscience of; TG Understanding.">understanding</a> <i>is</i> infinite.
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The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
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Sing unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> with <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/147/7a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Thanksgiving.">thanksgiving</a>; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
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Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/147/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Nature.">grass</a> to grow upon the mountains.
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He giveth to the beast his food, <i>and</i> to the young ravens which cry.
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He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
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The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> taketh <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/147/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Pleasure.">pleasure</a> in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
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Praise the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
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For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
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He maketh peace <i>in</i> thy borders, <i>and</i> filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
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He sendeth forth his commandment <i>upon</i> earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
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He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
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He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
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He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, <i>and</i> the waters flow.
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He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
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He hath not dealt so with any nation: and <i>as for his</i> judgments, they have not <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/147/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Amos 3: 2 (1-2).">known</a> them.  Praise ye the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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